Reel-support.



W. H. WETZEL.

REEL SUPPORT. APPLICATION I EILED AUG. 3, 1910.

Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

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PLANoaRA PI-l COqWA SHINGTONI D. C-

WILIBUR H. WETZEL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

REEL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2,1912.

Application filed. August 3, 1910. Serial No. 575,205.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBUR H. WE'rznL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reel-Supports; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to reel supports and has for its object to providea support for a fishing reel, whereby the reel may be carried by a beltupon the body of the fisherman, for the purpose of relieving the rod ofthe weight of the reel and permitting a greater freedom and ease incast-ing. In accomplishing this object, I have provided the improveddetails of construction which will hereinafter be described and areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure I shows my improvement applied to the body of a fisherman andillustrates its preferred mounting and manner of use. Fig. II is anelevational view of the reel seat plate and a port-ion of the belt. Fig.III is a vertical section of the seat plate showing in dotted lines areel applied thereto.

Referring more in detail to the parts :-1 designates the seat platewhich is preferably constructed of sheet metal and is concavoconvex tofit the hip of a user. This plate is preferably approximately circularin formation and has a convexo-concave rib 2 protruding from its outerface and extending diametrically thereacross; the curvature of the rib 2being sufiiciently sharper than that of the body of the plate to affordspace in the sides of the rib for registering longitudinal paired slots3 and 4, 3 being the upper slots and 4 the lower slots and the upperslots being elongated.

Anchored in the slots 3 and 4 and the upper one adapted for slidingmovement over the face of the rib- 2, are clamping bands 5 and 6 whichare adapted to slip over the terminal ears 7 and 8 of the reel seat 9,as illustrated in Fig. III, the bands being ner as an ordinary reel isattached to a fishspaced sufficiently to permit the ears to proj ectthereunder.

On'each side of the plate rib 2 is a pair of slots 10, through which abelt 11 is passed, so that the plate may be adjusted in any desiredposition thereon, and may be held firmly in place when the belt isbuckled around the waist of the fisherman.

When an automatic reel is used a lever 12 may be connected with therecoil spring controlling mechanism, so that the reel may be controlledby pressure from the elbow, thereby permitting the user free use of bothof his hands.

In using the device the plate is adjusted in a desired position on thebelt by sliding same thereover and the belt is buckled around the waistof the user. The reel is then applied to the plate by placing one of theterminal ears of the reel seat between the lower clamping band 6 andraising the upper clamping band so that the reel seat may rest flushagainst the plate rib. The upper clamping band 5 is then slipped overthe upper end of the seat in the same man ing rod. With the parts inthis condition the fisherman may cast in the ordinary man ner, the lineplaying out from the reel in the usual way.

When a fish is hooked, the line may be taken up either by cranking thereel or by releasing the automatic recoil spring from the elbow lever,either manner of use permitting the user freer use of his hands than canbe had with the reel attached directly to the rod.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1. The combination of a supportingplate having means for securing it to the body of the user and means forsecuring a fishing reel holder thereto, and a fishing reel holder havingmeans for connecting it with the holder securing means upon thesupporting plate.

2. The combination of a convex plate having a central rib projectingfrom the convex face of said plate and provided with registering slotson its opposite sides, bands mounted in said slots and passing over theface of said rib, said plate having a pair of parallel slots on eachside of said rib, a belt passing through said slots and behind the rib,and a fishing reel holder having a seat provided With terminal earsadapted for attachment to said rib by means of said bands, substantiallyas set forth.

3. The combination of a belt, a supporting plate formed With a ribhaving paired.

lower and upper slots, and a pair of slots on each side of the rib,clamping bands anchored in the paired slots and spaced from 10 the frontof the rib, and a reel seat having ears received by the clamping bands.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. WILBUR H. WETZEL. Witnesses:

MYRTLE M. JACKSON, ARTHUR W. OArs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

